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• Americans and all patriots, wake up and never vote for another Republican or Democrat again. They are all in bed together. We need another American Revolution to march on Washington, throw the bums out and start over. It’s the only way to save this country, if it’s not too late already. ï Somebody needs to get an education. It was a Republican Congress for the past eight years. It was only recently that we’ve had a Democrat Congress, so someone needs to go back and learn their history. ï If the mayor really thinks Canton’s finances are in peril, why is his Finance department understaffed? ï We have not had a Democratic Congress for eight years. We’ve had a Democratic majority for two, and Bush has vetoed every bill they have tried to pass, including one to reduce gas prices. ï I’m a Republican, and my family has always voted Republican and we will proudly vote for Obama in the fall. So, everyone supporting him is not a Democrat; Republicans support him, too. ï When is the Cherokee County School Board going to ensure we have School Zone signs for Avery Elementary? This is there second year, and there still are no signs for drivers. ï You don’t have to stare at navigation systems; they talk to you. ï Times have gotten so bad now, for dessert, after dinner, my wife just flosses with mint waxed dental floss. ï Not only is there a beautiful peacock that hangs out around Tripp Road and North Arnold Mill, but it hangs out with about 20 turkeys, mostly little baby turkeys. It’s such a beautiful sight to see, so I hope none of you hunters get any crazy ideas. ï Why should the United States be blowing up other countries, fighting with other countries, and then giving them trillions and trillions of dollars to rebuild when they have people in the United States they could be taking care of? ï What’s with the downtown Woodstock stores not supporting downtown? I went down there for the Friday Night Out, the first Friday of the month, and half the stores were closed. Why would I waste my time going back a second time? ï If you and your mother both voted on the wrong ballot, I don’t think anyone can help you, because the easiest ballot to ever understand. ï You can blame the mayor before Hobgood for the precarious financial situation Canton is in. He spent way too much money, including his things that weren’t necessary, like a building named after himself. Blame that guy, not Hobgood, who’s trying to do his best. ï The Woodstock City Council is like rats leaving a sinking ship. They approved the restaurants that were never completed, which was supposed to have been a lovely park. And, rather than face any more questions about it, they’re tired of it and said, “Let’s go to 92 until everything calms down.” ï Thanks to Canton’s mayor and council for denying the annexation of the hug property. It is time for governments to realize you can’t spend yourself rich. ï I don’t understand why the Woodstock City Council can afford $5.6 million for a new building, but they can’t give their police officers, who make the lowest pay in the area, incentive raises when they get good evaluations. And, now they wonder they can’t keep good officers in the city of Woodstock and why the officers are leaving to go to other places. ï People of Cherokee County should have as much right to ride four-wheelers as our elected officials do to ride their horses. ï Where are our council people getting the $5.6 million to move their offices into another building when they’re not doing their jobs where they exist now? ï I think the Hickory Flat Elementary banner “Save gas; ride a bus” is great. I think they have a great principal. Kids need to ride the bus. ï I have never seen a presidential campaign run like Obama has run his. It’s like watching a high school class race, promising stuff that you can’t deliver on. ï I have lived in the Eagle Drive area for 15 years, and I have never seen a Cherokee County or Woodstock police pull anyone over for speeding. ï The new Sugar Pike Road off at Ga. 140 is now open, but does not have a road sign. Everyone who has tried to come to our house has gotten lost. ï Have you ever sent a letter to your congressman? Isn’t it fascinating that you always get a form letter back saying they’re concerned about what you had to say. I don’t think any of those folks ever listens or cares about you have to say at all. ï Hopefully the special place in hell for men like John Edwards and women like his girlfriend has a place staked out for John McCain, since he married his current wife a month after his first wife’s divorce was final. ï Who does the principal of Carmel think she is saying we can’t walk our children to school? We’re trying to save gas; the car-rider line is so long, the buses, we don’t want our kids on. It’s all about going green and exercise. ï Enough bashing of the Cherokee County Water Authority. You got a problem? Drill a well. ï Why can’t Cherokee County and its cities try to get industry rather than housing? Housing will not meet the tax base, and we have plenty of people going out of the county to work. ï Be careful what you sue someone for. Florida sued Georgia for water, and they got Tropical Storm Fay. ï The residents of Pinecrest Road respectively request that all vehicles, including state, local, residential and commercial, slow down. Please, and thank you. ï Maybe the city of Canton should spend their money on the police station instead of street lights and then the police department won’t be flooding out. ï Not only the city of Woodstock moving away from the city to leave the businesses downtown insecure, but the police department doesn’t even get a building that’s any bigger than it has now. ï Free Home does not want Canton West up here. We are one of the few areas in the county that is still rural and beautiful, and we do not want that here.
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